Vendor revenues fall as Y2K slams servers: IDC
Revenue growth in the high-end and mid-range server markets dropped in 1999, with analysts attributing the decline to reduced spending as a result of Y2K lockdown.
Stories by Sandra Van Dijk
Govt wants domain name protection
The Australian government has called on the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to develop guidelines and policies to prevent cybersquatting.
Oracle's spying tactics leave customers unfazed
To effectively assess Internet security threats to Australian business the federal government is seeking to establish new reporting mechanisms that force companies to disclose detection of hacking or virus attacks.
Gbit Ethernet network ready to go
Telstra has teamed with internetworking leader Cisco Systems to create a new inter-capital multimedia network capable of delivering gigabit Ethernet services to corporate customers.
Telstra pushes e-banking barrow
As part of Telstra's push to provide a broad platform of application service provider products, the telco launched Internet banking services last week through an alliance with Axis Media Group's subsidiary NBBS.
Signs of recovery for ERM slump
Signs of a recovery in the enterprise resource management (ERM) software market are emerging following a drop in revenue last year that hampered vendor expectations.
Softswitches centrepiece of next-generation networks
Softswitches are set to be the centrepiece of next-generation networks with the worldwide market exploding into a $5.7 billion opportunity by 2004,according to IDC.
Top 10 rules of e-commerce success
Security, speed and ease of navigation on the Internet are the top three issues to address for e-commerce success, according to an IDC survey of high-level online executives released this week.
Cybercrime a double whammy for IT managers: Likelihood of share price drops keeps many computer crimes out of the news
IT professionals who inadvertently remove evidence and in some cases take the matter into their own hands pose a serious threat to cybercrime investigations, a former federal police agent and computer crime investigator told Computerworld last week.
Government threatens boots and all' approach
In a stern warning to business last week the federal government threatened to introduce heavy-handed legislation if organisations did not immediately respond to privacy issues in the workplace.
Cybercrime is a double dilemma for IT managers
IT professionals who inadvertently remove evidence and in some cases take the matter into their own hands pose a serious threat to cybercrime investigations, a former federal police agent and computer crime investigator told Computerworld last week.
Aust govt calls for domain name protection
The Australian government has called on the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to develop guidelines and policies to prevent cybersquatting.
Adelaide Uni adds supercomputing cluster
Sun Microsystems has joined forces with Adelaide University to open a new physics facility, which is the largest supercomputing cluster in the Southern Hemisphere.
Users overworked, stressed out
IT looks like the hottest job ticket around with pay packets escalating to meet a widening skills shortage, but its practitioners are stressed out and overworked.
Making e-tail shoppers out of e-mail users
Converting e-mail users into e-tail shoppers on the Internet is the key to taking e-commerce in Australia to the next stage of development, ACNielsen eRatings.com reported last week.